Posts Tagged ‘HITECH Act’

HIPAA Requirements Changes & Business Associates Impacts From HITECH Act

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Last week I engaged in a very interesting tweetversation with David Mortman about when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) needs to get their guidance documents and rules published for the various HITECH Act requirements…

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HIPAA Sanctions and Convictions Will Increase with HITECH Act & New Administration

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Upon reading and researching HIPAA and the impact of the HITECH Act upon it, basically broadening its applicability as well as adding new requirements for privacy breach notifications, I recently was compelled to write an article about what I foresee as likelihood that, after a very frustratingly slow start (by several years!) of HIPAA enforcement, increasingly more HIPAA sanctions will be made in the coming months and years.
SearchCompliance printed my article in three parts in their Compliance Tips section…

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Most Laws Are Flawed, But It Is Up To Us To Make Them Better & Make Them Work

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Rafal Los makes some very good points in his post “Analysis of the Stimulus Bill and Healthcare Privacy” from a few days ago. I started writing all my thoughts as a comment to him, but then decided it would work well as a blog post…

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HIPAA Violations: Nurses Allegedly Post X-Ray Photos To Facebook

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Okay, here’s a perfect real incident to use for a case study to argue discuss whether or not this is a HIPAA violation!

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